Hate Crimes Bias Motivated Incidents

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Hate CrimesBias Motivated Incidents

• University Security
• Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Hate Crimes Bias-motivated Incidents Defined

• Hate crime generally defined as a crime which in
  whole or part is motivated by the offenders bias
  toward the victims status.
• Bias motivated incident is an action in which a
  person is made aware that her/his status is
  offensive to another, but does not rise to the
  level of a crime

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Hate Crimes

• Murder, Manslaughter, Robbery, Aggravated
• Assault, Burglary, Motor Vehicle Theft, Arson,
• Forcible Non-forcible Sex Offenses,
  Intimidations
• Destruction, Damage or Vandalism of Property
• any other crimes involving injury to any person
• or property in which the victim is intentionally
• selected because of actual or perceived race,
  gender,
• religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or
  disability of
• the victim.

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Bias-motivated Incidents

• Incident that do not fall into one of the crime
• categories, hate offenses are referred to as
• bias-motivated incidents. May include
• Minor harassment
• Verbal slurs
• May be precursors to more serious hate
• motivated violence

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Reporting Hate Crimes Bias-motivated Incidents

• Some occur without ever being officially reported
• Some dont report because they want to put the
  incident behind them
• Others not aware of or do not have access to
  proper resources which can offer assistance

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How Do We Increase Reporting?

• Make it as easy as possible
• Confidential reporting?
• Make sure victims know who they can report these
  crimes or incidents to
• Provide victims with choice of pressing charges
  or taking some other action
• When incidents do happen, send a clear message
  strongly condemning

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Campus Response

• Notify University Security
• Notify Mankato Police
• Members who may be involved
• Security Director, Vice President of Student
  Affairs, Director of Student Rights and
  Responsibilities, Legal Counsel, Others dependant
  on nature of incident (e.g. American
  Intercultural Center, LGBT Center Director etc.)

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Campus Response contd

• Victim Assistance Resources
• Staff trained to address
• Special considerations
• Adequately implement response
• Presidents strong public position in support
• Demonstrates commitment

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Campus Response contd

• Communication media relations
• Reduce rumors
• Provide accurate timely information
• Work w/ Media Relations Cabinet to develop
  appropriate communications
• Take seriously, quick response crucial
• Offenders look for reaction from community if
  ignored easily conclude others sympathetic to
  ideology

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Bias Incident Example

• A Resident Assistant finds that someone has
  scrawled KKK on the lobby wall of a residence
  hall.

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Hate Crime Example

• Several students come into your office to report
  that someone sent threatening email messages to
  specific minority international students,
  opening with the line,
• Your time is up
• Go back home

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Hate Crime Example

• Last night a group of white men shout racial
  slurs at four international students outside of a
  bar in downtown Mankato, ending in a fight.
• All four students were injured taken to the
  hospital. Two of the students remain in the
  hospital.